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First Day of School by Vincent Smith — VisualArtsDB

First Day of School

First Day of School

1965

Medium: Etching on off-white wove paper
Dimensions: Plate: 22.7 × 25.2 cm (8 15/16 × 9 15/16 in.); Sheet: 38.2 × 56.3 cm (15 1/16 × 22 3/16 in.)
Genre: Etching
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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historical figuresAfrican Americanschoolsprintprints and drawingetchingviolencechildrenpaper (fiber product)racism

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